Apata, Apaṭā, Āpāta: 20 definitions
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Apata means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Apad.
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Āpāta (आपात) refers to the “assault” (method of catching elephants), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 10, “on the catching of elephants”]: “1. By the methods of working a trap pen and enticement with cows, and by pursuit, also by assault (āpāta), and by pits, thus the catching of elephants is five-fold. [...] 13. Placing thereon stalks of lotuses, bamboo, plantain trees, white sugar cane, etc., and tying those ropes also to a stout tree, then clever herdsmen lying in wait in concealment shall quickly catch the elephants while they are engrossed in eating, throwing them down by drawing the ropes taut. This is the kind of catching known as ‘assault’ (āpāta) [nipātya dṛḍhamityāpātasaṃjño grahaḥ]”.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Āpāta (आपात) refers to one of the various Grahas and Mahāgrahas mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Āpāta).
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Āpāta (आपात) refers to a group of Kirātas, as mentioned in chapter 1.4 [ādīśvara-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.Accordingly:—“[...] After traversing the cave fifty yojanas long, the King started to conquer the north half of Bharatavarṣa. There dwell Kirātas, named Āpātas, arrogant, rich, powerful, fiery, like demons on earth. They have unlimited mansions, couches, seats, and vehicles, much gold and silver, like relatives of Kubera. [...]”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Biology (plants and animals)
1) Apata in India is the name of a plant defined with Bauhinia racemosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Piliostigma racemosum (Lam.) Benth. (among others).
2) Apata in Nigeria is also identified with Microdesmis puberula It has the synonym Microdesmis zenkeri Pax (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Helv. Chim. Acta (1991)
· Archives of Pharmacal Research
· Iranian Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (2004)
· Plantae Junghuhnianae (1852)
· Symbolae Botanicae (1794)
· Willdenowia (1991)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Apata, for example diet and recipes, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, health benefits, chemical composition, side effects, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
apaṭā (अपटा).—m A tree, Bauhinia tomentosa.
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āpaṭā (आपटा).—See under अ.
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āpata (आपत).—a (Vulgar corr. of āpta S) Related or connected. Pr. ā0 āṇi ghātaka An unnatural monster; one that destroys, ruins or injures his own.
apaṭā (अपटा).—m A tree, Bauhinia tomentosa.
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āpata (आपत).—a Related or connected. āpata āṇī ghātaka m One that destroys one's own; an unnatural monster.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Āpāta (आपात).—a. Rushing upon, attacking.
-taḥ 1 . Rushing or falling upon, attack, descending, alighting; तदापात- भयात्पथि (tadāpāta- bhayātpathi) Kumārasambhava 2.45; गरुडापातविश्लिष्टमेघनादास्त्रबन्धनः (garuḍāpātaviśliṣṭameghanādāstrabandhanaḥ) R.12.76.
2) Throwing down.
3) Causing to descend or fall, falling down. धारापातैः (dhārāpātaiḥ) Meghadūta 5.
4) (a) The present or current moment, the instant; आपातरम्या विषयाः पर्यन्तपरि- तापिनः (āpātaramyā viṣayāḥ paryantapari- tāpinaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 11.12; आपातसुरसे भोगे निमग्नाः किं न कुर्वत (āpātasurase bhoge nimagnāḥ kiṃ na kurvata) S. D; आपातरमणीयानां संयोगानां प्रियैः सह । अपथ्यानामिवान्नानां परिणामोऽ- तिदारुणः (āpātaramaṇīyānāṃ saṃyogānāṃ priyaiḥ saha | apathyānāmivānnānāṃ pariṇāmo'- tidāruṇaḥ) || H.4.75; Bv.1.115; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5. (b) (Hence) First sight or appearance; see आपाततः (āpātataḥ).
5) Happening, becoming apparent, appearance.
6) Assault, a method of catching elephants (Mātaṅga L.1.1.13).
7) Hell (naraka) आपातान्प्रतितिष्ठन्ति पुलिन्दशबरा इव (āpātānpratitiṣṭhanti pulindaśabarā iva) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.151.8.
Āpāta (आपात).—m.
(-taḥ) 1. Throwing down, causing to descend. 2. Falling, descending. 3. The instant, the current moment. E. āṅ before pat to go, to fall, ghañ aff.
Āpāta (आपात).—i. e. ā-pat + a, m. 1. Attack, [Arjunasamāgama] 7, 10. 2. Running on, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 9; running in, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 3. 154. 3. Throwing down, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 49.
Āpāta (आपात).—[masculine] rushing on, onset, entering into (—°); sudden event. °— or tas [adverb] immediately, at first sight.
1) Āpāta (आपात):—[=ā-pāta] [from ā-pat] a m. the falling, descending
2) [v.s. ...] rushing upon, pressing against, [Manu-smṛti; Kumāra-sambhava; Raghuvaṃśa] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] forwardness, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
4) [v.s. ...] happening, becoming apparent, (unexpected) appearance, [Raghuvaṃśa; Sāhitya-darpaṇa] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] the instant, current moment, [Kirātārjunīya]
6) [v.s. ...] throwing down, causing to descend, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [=ā-pāta] b See under ā- √1. pat.
Āpāta (आपात):—[ā-pāta] (taḥ) 1. m. Throwing down; falling; the instant.
Āpāta (आपात):—(von pat mit ā)
1) adj. auf Etwas losstürzend, sich an Etwas machend: madhvāpāto viṣāsvādaḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 9.] [Kullūka] : = madhuropakramaḥ . —
2) m. das Heranstürzen, Andrang: tīvrāpāta [Śākuntala 32, v. l.] daṃṣṭrāḥ -āpātaduḥsahāḥ [Hiḍimbavadha 2, 9.] garuḍāpāta [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 76.] tadāpāta [Kumārasaṃbhava 2, 45.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 22, 202.] jalāpāta [19, 50.] abhravidyudāpāta [25, 112.] kāmaśarāpāta [4, 8.] dhārāpātaiḥ [Meghadūta 49.] das Hineinstürzen: analāpāta in’s Feuer [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 154.] teṣāṃ raṇāpātena [Arjunasamāgama 7, 10.] = bhraṃśa [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 149.] = patana [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 243.] [Medinīkoṣa t. 87.] —
3) m. das Sicheinstellen, Sichereignen, zum-Vorschein-Kommen: ānatyavyabhicāradoṣāpātāt [Sāhityadarpana 10, 19.] —
4) āpātatas beim ersten Ansatz, sofort, ohne Weiteres: bahirviṣayapravaṇānāmāpātataḥ puruṣārthe praveśo na saṃbhavati [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 23, 3. v. u.] vidhivadadhītavedavedāṅgatvenāpātato dhigatākhilavedārthaḥ [Vedāntasāra 1, 10. Comm. 13, 13. 25, 2 v. u. 26, 3 v. u.] [Scholiast] in der Einl. zu [Gotama’s Nyāyasūtrāṇi 4, 71.] [Sāhityadarpana (1828) 273, 3. 8.] = tadātva [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 149.] [Medinīkoṣa t. 87.] = kāla [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 243.] —
5) m. das zum-Sturz-Bringen [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Āpāta (आपात):—
1) zu streichen; vgl. madhvāpāta . —
2) lokalocanāpāta so v. a. die zudringlichen Blicke der Menschen [Spr. 2745.] —
3) füge das Eintreffen hinzu. acintyo bata daivenāpyāpātaḥ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 108, 51.] maraṇāpāta [Spr. 1615.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 119, 7. 129, 12. 132, 8. 147, 20.] —
4) āpātaramaṇīya sofort, vom ersten Augenblick an [Spr. 361.] mātramadhura [2775.] āpātamātre [Pañcatantra] in [Gött. gel. Anz. 1860, S. 735.]
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Āpāta (आपात):—
4) āpāte am Anfange im Gegensatz zu paryante [Spr. (II) 6419] (Conj.).
Āpāta (आपात):—m. —
1) Heransturz , Andrang. locanāpāta. ein zudringlicher Blick [Indische sprüche 5974.] —
2) Sturz in (im Comp. vorangehend). —
3) unerwartetes Erscheinen , Eintritt , Eintreffen [Indische sprüche 3772.6419.] āpātatas und āpāta sofort , im Nu , beim ersten Blick. āpātamātre und āpātamātra nur im ersten Augenblick. —
4) *das zum Sturz Bringen.
Āpāta (आपात) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Āvāḍa, Āvāya.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Āpāta (आपात) [Also spelled aapat]:—(nm) an emergency; catastrophe.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Āpāta (ಆಪಾತ):—
1) [noun] the act of rushing and falling upon; an attack.
2) [noun] the act, fact or manner of bringing or conveying downwards; an incidence.
3) [noun] a happening or occurrence; an event.
4) [noun] the look or outward aspect of a person or thing; appearance.
5) [noun] a bearing or onus, as of a tax; the degree, range or influence of occurrence or effect.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Āpata (आपत):—n. catastrophe; disaster; misfortune; calamity;
2) Āpāta (आपात):—n. 1. falling down from a higher place; 2. an emergency;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Pali-English dictionary
āpāta (အာပါတ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[ā+pata+ṇa]
[အာ+ပတ+ဏ]
[Pali to Burmese]
āpāta—
(Burmese text): ရှေးရှူကျရောက်ခြင်း၊ ထင်ခြင်း၊ ထင်ပေါ်လာခြင်း (ဆိုင်ရာဆိုင်ရာ ဒွါရ၌ အာရုံ၏အဖြစ်ဖြင့် ထင်ပေါ်လာခြင်း)။
(Auto-Translation): Retrogression, perception, emergence (as a phenomenon of awareness in relation to the matter).
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): A, Pata, Na.
Starts with (+14): A-patakecam, A-patamattakam, A-patamattam, Apadan, Apadham, Apata esunsun, Apata-drishti, Apataapata, Apatabba, Apatabbayuttaka, Apatabyata, Apatacapata, Apatacchika, Apatacutam, Apatadasa, Apatadhopata, Apataduhsaha, Apatadushprasaha, Apataka, Apataksh.
Full-text (+37): Pata, Madhvapata, Apatatas, Durapata, Abhyapata, Apadham, Locanapata, Apatamatra, Apataparipata, Apatadasa, A-patamattam, Pakkha, A-patakecam, A-patamattakam, Apatati, Apata-drishti, Apatadushprasaha, Apataduhsaha, Apatitva, Apatanta.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 10: Conquest of northern half of Bharata by Sagara < [Chapter IV - Conquest of Bharatavarṣa by Sagara]
Part 5: Expedition of conquest < [Chapter XIII - Jayacakricaritra]
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Krishna Sandarbha of Jiva Goswami (by Kusakratha Prabhu)
Verse 150.12 < [Anuccheda 150]
Matangalila and Hastyayurveda (study) (by Chandrima Das)
Āpātabandha: The fourth technique < [Chapter 3]
Avapāta: The fifth technique < [Chapter 3]
Techniques of Capturing Elephants (Introduction) < [Chapter 3]
Rural and Agricultural Glossary (by William Crooke)
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.3.100 < [Chapter 3 - Bhajana (loving service)]
Verse 2.1.170 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Verse 2.4.258 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]